1921 Remington Portable #NV11734
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
Created: 04-12-2026 at 08:27AM
Last Edit: 04-12-2026 at 08:31AM
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Description:
2026-Apr-12 Gallery Creation. I spotted this early Remington portable on eBay this weekend. It's still up for sale at this writing, only $50 if anyone wants it. My main motivation for posting it on TWDB is to document the variations of features going from the early Remington portable configuration to the final configuration. This one dates to July 1921, according to the serial number coding for 1920s Remington portables. The case is the newer style, as expected (the cotter pin cases transitioned away a month earlier, in June 1921). The ribbon vibrator, however, is the primordial style: a solid rectangular piece of metal with just one rectangular cut-out. I don't know how much information there is about when the vibrator transitioned to the newer style; therefore, I thought it might be worth posting this observation.
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Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
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My interest in typewriters started in 1997, when I was in graduate school at the University of Georgia. I purchased and read Darryl Rehr's book, joined ETC, and started reaching out to known collectors. I had several email interchanges with Richard Polt dating from that period. I also bought some of my first machines from Bob Aubert, and visited him at his home twice. After marriage and relocation to New England, I continued visiting antique shops and eBay, until other priorities put my typewriter hobby on hiatus around 2008.
In late 2024, I started up again, working on my machines and having some of them serviced professionally by New England Typewriter (NET) LLC (Merrimack, NH), until they closed their doors in December of 2025. Since mid-2025, I have been adding to my collection again, first with a Hermes 3000 purchase from NET, then with various auctions and purchases on eBay, when I find something that catches my eye.
RESEARCH NOTE: When researching the Remington Portable on a computer with lots of screen real estate, you may find that launching the Remington Serial Number page and the Remington Portable By Model/Year/Serial page in new browser windows can give you interesting perspectives on changes throughout the model series.
